Chapter 1779 — A Body Full of Holes

Suddenly, the World-Crossing Golden Ship swelled to towering immensity, blocked the way before Shen Mu, and resisted the dragging force that came from the River of Chaos! After both his legs had been hewn through by Shen Mu's ax, Palace Lord Changfeng's body at once began to wither; his leaves and twigs drooped and fell away, his frame began to dry up, and his hands and feet rapidly turned to wood.

The Dao light in his eyes dimmed as well, and his once-spirited eyes turned to wood in an instant, never to move again.

His two Dao fruits dropped from the tree crown atop his head; one smashed toward Shen Mu's heart from behind, and one blasted into the World-Crossing Golden Ship. Boom! Boom!

The Dao might within the Dao fruits erupted completely at the instant of impact.

Countless magnificent Dao patterns radiated outward and, in the space of an instant, wove themselves into a net - a whole heaven formed from countless tree roots!

Then the Dao fruit struck, and a second heaven, a third heaven, a fourth heaven unfurled in one burst! In the blink of an eye, fully thirty-six heavens burst forth from the Dao fruit. Countless roots pervaded everywhere, even piercing Shen Mu's divine treasury, reaching deep into every domain of that treasury, into every one of those heavens, and on into the thirty-three heavens of the void!

The power of his Dao fruit even penetrated Shen Mu's primordial spirit!

A palace lord of the Miluo Palace, even one who had not fully descended, could, when fighting for his life, display abilities enough to astonish the world! At the same time, the other Dao fruit crashed into the World-Crossing Golden Ship; the thirty-six layers of Dao realms within it burst open, likewise transforming into thirty-six heavens, locking the golden ship fast and flying off toward the River of Chaos!

"Seventh Young Master, I act on the orders of the Third and Fourth Young Masters!

" Palace Lord Changfeng's body was turning to wood at a flying pace, and the wood had begun to burn, yet joy appeared upon his face: "I will send you back!

" Bang, bang, bang!

The surface of his body burst open amid the flames. Shen Mu's ax had not only brought to bear the divine technique of Taiyi felling the World Tree, but had also summoned the Wind of Heat Death to incinerate his body.

Without the support of his roots, the Wind of Heat Death had already begun to devour him.

In this exchange, each had used every means at his disposal, and the death-struggle was appallingly gruesome. Shen Mu's body was dragged along; the Great Dao and primal energy within him were locked fast by the roots, and he slid helplessly toward the River of Chaos of the Sixteenth Era.

The World-Crossing Golden Ship was dragged as well, sliding toward the Great Tribulation of Annihilation of the Sixteenth Era.

In terms of cultivation, Shen Mu could not yet match the towering profundity of an existence like Palace Lord Changfeng.

Bound layer upon layer by his roots, he could hardly resist the force transmitted from the Great Tribulation of Annihilation of the Sixteenth Era. Suddenly, from within Shen Mu's divine treasury, the coffin of Taiyi flew up.

Shen Mu summoned the last remnant of his strength, drove the coffin of Taiyi, and touched off the fifty Dao-Slaying Divine Nails; the might of the nails erupted at once!

The Dao-Burying Divine Coffin had been personally refined by the Eldest Young Master, Taishang, made specifically to counter Taiyi, the mortal enemy of the Miluo Palace.

Shen Mu had long since discovered that if one forcibly pulled out the Dao-Slaying Divine Nails, one was certain to stir the power of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin, which would gravely wound not only the one who tried to open the coffin, but also Taiyi suppressed within it.

To touch the might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin was to wound both others and oneself; unless brought to a critical juncture, he would not resort to so desperate a measure. His wounds from the battle with Palace Lord Chuge were not yet healed, and against Changfeng he had no certainty of victory.

The might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin erupted.

With a hum, light swelled outward in every direction, and wherever it passed, the roots that filled Shen Mu's divine treasury and body were blasted full of holes, riddled with countless perforations!

Shen Mu gave a muffled grunt.

His primordial spirit, his celestial palace, and the many heavens of his divine treasury seemed pierced by countless nails; in an instant, wind leaked from every side! At the same time, the might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin pierced through his flesh and shot outward from within his body.

Hiss, hiss, hiss - blood spattered in every direction, and his body in an instant became a broken sieve, letting light through everywhere!

The might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin was truly terrifying in its magnitude!

When the might of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin subsided, blood spurted from every part of Shen Mu's body, yet he reached out and caught hold, one after another, of the roots that were about to shrink back into the River of Chaos. "If I let you take a message back, would that not let the Third and Fourth Young Masters see through my true state and know that I am strong without but hollow within? " Shen Mu strained to heft those roots onto his back, turned himself around, and dragged with all his might.

The River of Chaos shook with violent tremors, the gushing chaos qi withdrew at flying speed, and Palace Lord Changfeng's incomparably towering roots were actually torn out of it by brute force!

Those roots at once shrank into a clump, then burst outward in all directions; countless roots spread through the surrounding starry sky, seeking to take root in the stars of the distant heavens.

Shen Mu flicked his wrist and hurled the coffin of Taiyi, smashing it into the center of the clump of roots. Then, curling his fingers, he flicked them again and again, striking in succession the fifty divine nails of the coffin of Taiyi.

On that clump of roots, one eye after another suddenly appeared.

The pupils of those eyes contracted sharply, and all the eyes turned to gaze upon the coffin of Taiyi that had flown before them. Light burst from within the divine coffin!